Kodiak seafood processing vessel fined $200K for sanitation and safety violations
The violations include murky, brown water in the ship’s drinking tanks and serving expired food to crew.
Launch of campaign to repeal ranked choice voting draws a crowd in Anchorage
A few hundred people met at a south Anchorage church Thursday night to kick off a signature drive aiming to get rid of ranked choice voting and go back to the way Alaska used to elect candidates.
Alaska’s new elections director, a Trump donor, stays quiet on 2020 election fairness nationally
Carol Beecher doesn’t have elections experience, but Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom cites her administrative background, impartiality as reasons for the pick.
Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled
Fox News stars, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, privately derided then-President Donald Trump's assertion he'd been cheated of victory in 2020, even as the network amplified such claims.
Mat-Su parents say ongoing bus driver strike has led to lost income and carpool complications
"My wife had to resign from her job," Kent Schiebl told the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board.
Fairbanks man’s death outside at 50 below prompted a closer look at what some call a hole in the safety net
ADN reporter Michelle Theriault Boots says Charles Ahkiviana’s death, in a snowbank not far from a grocery story, brought into focus a difficult truth.
Anchorage schools ‘repeatedly and inappropriately’ secluded and restrained students with disabilities, says Justice Department
The Department of Justice says the school district illegally secluded and restrained students with disabilities.
In Anchorage teen’s 2019 murder, catfished killer pleads guilty
Denali Brehmer and two other teens were tricked by an out-of-state man who offered them money to sexually assault and kill Cynthia Hoffman.
Gov. Dunleavy proposes funding boost for Alaska public defenders
Dunleavy's budget amendments also include funding for positions to help address a backlog in applications for food stamp benefits.
From tracking Santa to Chinese spy balloons, here’s what we know about NORAD
The air defense center was created in the 1950s, as a counter to a rival superpower. Now NORAD is front and center again, prompting questions about what it does — and how it copes with modern threats.
A new resource center for people experiencing homelessness is opening in Anchorage
Instead of services scattered across the city, this new center offers everything in one place, from hot showers to housing resources.
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a walrus discovery is caught up in geopolitics
Russian and American scientists have been cut off from collaborating for a year, and Arctic research is suffering.
Anchorage Assembly chair subpoenas mayor for documents tied to former health director
In a statement, the mayor said he would not provide the documents to the Assembly, citing privacy protections of personnel issues.
Biden nominates Alaska scientist as nation’s first Arctic ambassador
Mike Sfraga is the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
Alaskans will no longer need college degrees for most state jobs
Future job postings will list relevant experience that can substitute for college degrees when reasonable, according to Gov. Mike Dunleavy's order.
Micciche has commanding lead in Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor’s race
Peter Micciche previously served as mayor of the City of Soldotna and was most recently president of the Alaska State Senate.
Biden administration can’t have it both ways by shrinking Willow project, Murkowski warns
Alaska’s U.S. senators say half measures won’t suffice as they push for ConocoPhillips’ drilling proposal in the western Arctic.
Eggs are scarce, but Bristol Bay baker rises to the challenge for Valentine’s Day
One solution: chickpea water.
Teen girls and LGBTQ+ youth plagued by violence and trauma, survey says
Nearly one in three girls reported seriously considering suicide in the past year – a 60% rise from a decade ago, according to the CDC survey data.
Alaska weather balloons are key in predicting snow’s fluffiness
As weather watchers will tell you, the snow's fluffiness matters, and predicting it depends on weather balloons.